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Family Feud

Richard Dawson hosted and Gene Wood was the announcer for this TV game-show, which pitted members of two families against each other. Each team tried to guess the results of survey questions faster and more accurately than the other team.

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Using Match Game (1973) as an inspiration for a new show, Mark Goodson came up with "Fast Company". Fast Company didn't have families, a feud, or surveys but otherwise it was the same show.…[show]Using Match Game (1973) as an inspiration for a new show, Mark Goodson came up with "Fast Company". Fast Company didn't have families, a feud, or surveys but otherwise it was the same show. The show was a pitched to NBC and at the end of the run-though NBC passed on it. Mark Goodson resolved he'd make NBC regret the day they passed on "Fast Company" and took his project to the ABC network. Michael Brockman, then V.P. of Daytime programming of the ABC network, wasn't impressed, but he dealt with _Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions [us]_ before and knew something would happen from the time he saw the show and the time it would go on the air. Goodson continued to tinker with the format, making the contestants family members and changing the name of the game to Family Feud.[hide]

At the end of the last show some time was saved for Richard to address the audience and tell poignant set of stories and tell many members of the staff thank you, especially Howard Felsher.…[show]At the end of the last show some time was saved for Richard to address the audience and tell poignant set of stories and tell many members of the staff thank you, especially Howard Felsher. At the closing of the final episode, the audience gave Richard a standing ovation. The theme music, "The Feud", wasn't played. The next day Richard called up Cathy Hughart Dawson and told her he wanted everything he said about Howard taken out of the show.[hide]

Starting on Wednesday, March 2, 1983, a "lollipop tree" was placed next to the anchor player on each team. That player, when introduced, chose a lollipop, and if it had a black stem, the team…[show]Starting on Wednesday, March 2, 1983, a "lollipop tree" was placed next to the anchor player on each team. That player, when introduced, chose a lollipop, and if it had a black stem, the team won a $100 bonus, which was not related to the score. Originally, only one lollipop in each tree had a black stem, but within weeks, there were ten in each tree.[hide]